Metallica @ Foxboro Stadium, Aug 2 2024

 

30 years later Metallica still kicks ass! 

Here's my ticket stub from seeing Metallica in 1994 at Great Woods.

The "new" Pantera really sounded amazing.  Here's a short clip:

This guy in front of me thought otherwise though:

Not all hope was lost though.  Here's my homie - cheering and headbanging with us from afar:

LOTS of people sat down through the whole show, including the amazing opener of Creeping Death, Harvester of Sorrow & Leper Messiah.

My compatriots for the evening:

But what about the actual show?!

I thought the setlist was great. They played Orion. Wow. And ended with Master of Puppets. 🔥🔥🔥

Their playing was good, maybe great at times. I do think Lars was Lars in that he didn't always play the exact parts on the record and there might have been times where he was a bit sloppy in his timing. The band stayed together (I think) although maybe after listening to the live recording I'll have a different opinion.

Bonus selfie with Jeff Wizard at the end of the night!

Ghost of Shows Past

Here's the first in a new series, called "Ghost of Shows Past" which tries to document shows I've seen but have forgotten the details of, or forgotten about all together.  

Metallica @ Great Woods June 11 1994

I was cleaning out my closest today and found a bunch of old ticket stubs.  This one is in the worst condition but what an important show.  Metallica along with Aerosmith and GnR were the first bands I was deeply into.  Unlike some other "ghost" shows, I still remember seeing Metallica at Great Woods, sitting on the lawn and having a blast.  

As for the date of the show - Metallica has a huge set list archive on their site which says they played Mansfield in 1994 and 1998.  I'm pretty sure it was 1994 and waiting for Jeff to confirm. 

The Who's Tommy & Aerosmith 1994

This one is a special twofer which goes back to when I first start dating my girlfriend and future wife, Caitlin. 

We first saw Aerosmith at Great Woods in August 1994 with a bunch of friends and were not dating at all, but I had my eye on her 😉.  I was also really excited to see Aerosmith, who was at this point my favorite band.  I liked local bands and had collected all of their albums on cassette.  I still think Kramer and Whitford make a fantastic rhythm section. 

In September 1994, Caitlin and I had our first date at the infamous Green Day concert at the Hatch Shell.  Had a riot and a lot of fun.  I knew she was the person for me after that.  

Two months later in November 1994, she takes me out to see The Who's Tommy musical at the Wang.  We also saw Phantom of the Opera at some point during our early years.  She certainly expanded my views on other performing arts. 

Mighty Mighty Bosstones @ Worcester Centrum Oct 28 1995

This is a true Ghost of a show.  I had no idea I saw the Bosstones at the Centrum (I guess called the Memorial Auditorium back in the day?).  

I guess it's easy to forgot a show like this in a huge arena when I've been to several hometown throwdowns, including the one that got recorded for the live record 🤘